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Working Paper File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 60 1 1 5 281
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 2 58 1 4 13 154
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 1 48 0 0 14 296
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 0 51 2 5 11 85
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 4 115 0 3 20 403
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 1 20 0 1 2 134
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 0 1 28 1 4 8 85
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 0 0 30 30 1 5 37 37
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 154
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 91 0 0 7 545
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 23 0 0 4 254
Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage 7 32 32 32 3 18 18 18
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 1 2 4 231
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 0 203 1 3 15 687
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 0 1 58 0 1 3 271
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 0 1 10 10 2 9 16 16
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 0 1 146 5 6 10 340
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 0 0 29 29 0 1 31 31
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 1 3 52 0 2 5 175
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 1 36 2 2 8 31
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 1 1 19 2 4 14 166
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 1 3 4 4 3 10 16 16
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 0 0 1 344
Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction 0 0 0 65 0 0 1 78
Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities 0 0 0 65 1 4 11 317
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 118
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 2 49 0 5 16 181
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 2 2 6 1,828
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 1 176 0 0 7 455
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 0 23 0 1 9 71
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 1 1 2 120 2 2 17 230
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 1 70 0 1 10 217
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 86 0 0 2 121
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 0 11 0 2 2 23
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 0 3 7 110
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 2 78 0 0 6 91
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 0 2 240 0 2 16 386
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 0 0 2 74
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 150
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 0 153 0 1 1 1,279
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 0 9 0 1 2 41
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 0 0 1 169
Total Working Papers 9 39 135 2,763 30 106 380 10,693


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 1 1 6 133 2 7 26 618
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 0 1 2 74 1 3 9 461
African American Urban History Since World War II. Edited by Kenneth L. Kuzmer and Joe W. Trotter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. v, 536 0 0 0 12 0 1 1 126
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 1 20 2 3 13 111
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 183
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 0 3 48 0 1 10 238
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 17 0 0 4 58
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 0 24 0 0 2 98
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 4 268 0 3 12 919
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 1 70 0 4 15 513
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 2 81 1 3 24 382
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 0 2 154 1 1 14 390
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 1 51 1 3 6 240
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 0 1 7 159 0 4 16 955
Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States. Edited by Nancy Foner and George M. Fredrickson. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004. Pp. ix, 390. $45.00 0 0 0 27 0 0 1 134
Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline, 1950–2000 0 0 1 13 0 1 3 69
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 1 1 2 41 2 2 6 280
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 0 2 4 296 4 7 17 1,278
The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 0 0 9 78 0 0 21 294
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 0 2 37 1 1 14 172
The New Suburban History. Edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 289. $24, paper 0 0 0 24 0 1 2 141
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 0 0 8 87 2 5 39 311
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 1 2 5 1 5 12 79
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 0 2 4 130
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 1 6 150 4 9 37 789
Total Journal Articles 2 8 64 1,943 22 66 308 8,969


Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 112
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 262
The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4
Total Books 0 0 0 0 2 6 21 378


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 24
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 19
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 16
Indexes 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 16
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 24
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 1 1 2 146
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 0 1 4 6 0 1 15 35
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 22
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 2 20 1 1 5 110
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States 0 0 2 4 1 3 12 28
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
Total Chapters 0 1 8 61 6 11 55 485


Statistics updated 2025-10-06